Innovation Award

Charter For An FTSA Sponsored Award For Practical Innovation During A Course Of Tertiary Aerospace Study

Objective:

To recognize and encourage a student that demonstrates exemplary practical innovation during a course of Aerospace study at an Australian tertiary institution.

Sponsor:

Flight Test Society of Australia

Eligibility:

Any final year student engaged in under-graduate study or any postgraduate (Masters or PhD) student preparing a thesis.

Title:

Sir James Rowland Award

Criteria:

The student has conceived and effectively applied a practical innovation in order to prosecute a flight test related project in a course of Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering study.

Submission:

Submission to comprise:

A synopsis of the project - composition, objectives and analysis techniques, in particular the innovation applied,

Project execution, principle results and conclusions, and

If required a project presentation.

Award:

Comprises a perpetual physical trophy annotated with the recipient’s name and title, to be retained at the tertiary Institution for one year, together with a personal miniature trophy and a small monetary reward to be applied by the recipient to further study. The recipient will be invited to present at the FTSA Symposium and funded for travel to and from the Symposium venue and accommodation for one night. Biannually, the Symposium is held in conjunction with the Australian International Airshow trade exhibition and the award will include entry to the Show.

Judging:

Nominations can be made by student peers or academic staff to the Head of the Faculty by end of October each year. Award to be decided by a panel of three comprising one academic adviser and two FTSA Members.

Limitations:

In the absence of a suitable nomination or if the concepts/processes fail the practical application objective or is not deemed sufficiently innovative the award will not be made that year.

Shorty Award

FTSA "Shorty" Award for Most Popular Presentation

Nature of the Award

The award is made to the presenter at the annual symposium who provides the best presentation as judged by popular opinion. The award consists of:

Presentation of the perpetual trophy and keepsake;

Sponsorship to present at a related forum (SETP, SFTE, SESA etc.) as approved by the FTSA Committee*.

Criteria for the Award

Presenters should be judged on their overall ability to impart knowledge to their peers. The two key features enabling this are:

Good quality technical content of relevance to the membership, and

Presenting in an entertaining and informative manner.

Voting Guidance

*FTSA will contact the forum organiser to endorse inclusion of presentation. Attendance costs will be reimbursed by the Society up to a maximum value of $1,500. The winner should be deemed worthy of representing the Society at a professional forum.